Counting carbs/calories is a drag. Obsessive scale stepping is a recipe for despair. If you want to count something, "days on habit" is a much better metric. Checking off days on a calendar would do just fine, but if you do it here you get accountability and support. Here's how. Start a new topic in this forum called (say) "Your Name Daily Check In." Then every N day post a "reply" to that topic as to whether you stayed on habit. A simple "<font color="green">SUCCESS</font>" or "<font color="red">FAILURE</font>" (or your preferred euphemism if that's too harsh) is sufficient, but obviously you're welcome to write more if you want. On S-days just register that you're taking an S-day. You don't have to do this forever, just until you're confident you've built the habit. Feel free to check in weekly or monthly or sporadically instead of daily. Feel free also to track other habits besides No-s (I'm keeping this forum under No-s because that's what the vast majority are using it for). See also my <a href="/habitcal/">HabitCal</a> tool for another more formal (and perhaps complementary) way to track habits.
It's been a while since I last posted here. Had nothing new to report. I have been consistent about the three meals, no seconds AND the sweets (that's the toughie). This is the longest stretch without something sweet to eat. Thought I'd break down after the first three days but then realised that if I don't cave in by lunch, then I can quell my sweet tooth beyond dinner. It's the b/fast to lunch interval that's dangerous ground.
I even sacrificed a piece of birthday cake at a neighbour's party two days back! Looking forward to the S weekend ahead...
I'm bad at logging in everyday and posting a review of the previous days. I've been keeping to the programme so far and making full use of the weekends. Eventually, I should be able to have a No S Weekend too!!
